Being...
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
If I say Being, it is different from 'the being' and again different then 'being late'. Some use the term 'a spiritual being'. So, within the realm of ādhyātmika¹ and the study thereof (adhyātmavidyā) this is good to get a handle on this matter.
Why bring this up ? Because there are some great thinkers ( in the West) that are of the opinion ~being~ has relatively little value to consider. Why so ? Because they wish to compare the objects of existence from one thing to another. Yet being as the foundation of existence itself and nothingness are closely related.
This is an 'existential' view point. Some think this nothingness is totally śūnya¹ , others think nothingness is less then accurate and is filled with Being-ness, existence itself.
We will look at this in a few posts. The posts, if properly done, will have vast differences and slight differences. It is the slight differences that grooms discrimination and vast differences that help one correct their understandings.
Let's see if I can frame some ideas to start.
- Being, as a noun, = the state of having existence, and in my opinion it is 'the state of existence itself'
- Being as an adjective = present. This is like 'being present'
- Being as a conjunction equals (=) 'since or because' ; used with 'as, as how, or that'
- example: being that it was too early to rise, the boy slept 10 more minutes.
It will be the intent of the following posts to compare and contrast these ideas, yet the value will be to find the root of Being in the Supreme, in existence, in the verbiage used for the Supreme.
iti śivaṁ
words
- ādhyātmika - from adhy-ātma , relating to Self or soul
- adhyātmavidyā = adhy+ātma+vidyā = jñāna = higher knowledge, knowing
- śūnya - empty , void ; say vājin-śūnya = 'a riderless horse'
Last edited by yajvan; 24 April 2013 at 11:02 PM.
यतसà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤‚ शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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